https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officers-named-in-serial-killer-probe
An independent probe into police handling of missing complaints in the serial killer case has been completed, with investigators naming some 20 officers for failing to do their job...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/driver-in-deadly-crash-jailed-until-trial
A Russian man, who is facing life in prison in connection with a fatal highway crash last week, was denied bail on Friday and shall remain behind bars until his arraignment in late March...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rape-accuser-sticks-to-her-story
A British teenager accused of making up gang rape allegations is sticking to her story, telling a judge during cross-examination that she was raped by Israeli teens despite prosecutors pointing to video footage showing consensual sex days prior to the alleged incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coercion-claim-rejected-in-ayia-napa-rape-trial
A judge has ruled in the ongoing Ayia Napa rape trial that a British teen, who accused a group of Israeli youths of gang rape, was not coerced by police when she retracted the allegations a week later...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-locked-up-in-zakaki-attempted-murder
A Sri Lankan man has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison after he was found guilty in the attempted murder of his wife in the summer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/residents-furious-over-phone-jamming-tests
Residents near Central Prisons in Nicosia got some answers over the lack of phone signals in their neighbourhood over the weekend, with officials pointing to a cell phone jammer that was simply too strong...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-women-arrested-in-brothel-raid
Three women have been arrested after being accused of running a brothel in Limassol, just days after the police chief said he was waging war on prostitution...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/landlord-jailed-for-child-sexual-exploitation
An elderly male, who rented out a property to a woman and her young daughter, has been sentenced to three years for having lewd conduct with a child for several years...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/filipina-in-adoption-case-gets-six-years
A Filipina go-between in a gay adoption case, who was arrested on child trafficking charges, has been sentenced to six years in prison, while two men are still wanted by Cyprus police...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/syrian-cypriot-freed-from-hungarian-prison
A Syrian-born Cypriot who was jailed four years ago in Hungary on terrorism charges has been reunited with his family in Cyprus according to Amnesty International that mounted a campaign for his release...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/inmate-caught-with-four-‘bumphones
A local inmate doing time at Nicosia’s Central Prisons was caught with four phones hidden in his rectum as he was being transferred back to his cell...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/killer-mom-in-psych-ward-as-geri-holds-funeral
Friends and relatives will bid farewell at the funeral of 12-year-old David, who was killed last month by his own mother in south Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/decision-to-probe-man-s-jail-death-still-pending
The family of a Greek Cypriot man, who died last week in a holding cell while in police custody, is asking for an independent investigation into the incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/local-man-found-dead-in-nicosia-jail
A local man was found dead in his jail cell on Thursday morning, just hours after he was detained on assault charges for resisting arrest and cursing at a police officer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-tries-to-sneak-drugs-into-court
Police are looking for an adult female who is suspected of attempting to sneak cocaine into the hands of a man in custody at the Paphos courthouse...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/passport-holder-vindicated-after-four-months-in-jail
A French citizen who spent four months in jail awating trial after being accused of using a fake passport was vindicated on Monday, after a judge said a reasonable suspicion against him was not warranted...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/money-pouring-in-for-rape-accuser-s-defence
A fundraising project has raised over €22,000 in an effort to pay for legal fees for the British teen accused of making false statements to police in the Ayia Napa gang rape case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rape-accuser-s-lawyer-fires-back
The lawyer of a British teen, who is accused of making false statements to police in a rape complaint in Ayia Napa, says his client is a victim of revenge porn and wants to know who leaked a gangbang sex video...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tzionis-says-he-will-admit-all-charges
Loizos Tzionis, the main defendant in the Strovolos double murder case, pleaded guilty to all charges on Wednesday, during drama in the courtroom as his co-defendant brother was being sentenced to prison on burglary charges...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brother-gets-six-years-in-strovolos-double-murder-case
A criminal court in Nicosia passed a sentence of six years to Lefteris Solomou, the half-brother of the main defendant in the Strovolos double murder, on burglary charges only...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rape-accuser-jailed-until-court-date
A Famagusta district judge ordered a 19-year-old British female to stand trial in connection with gang rape allegations she had made against Israeli teens with her case ultimately falling apart...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-hands-rudolf-over-to-south
Miroslav Balazovjech, also known as Rudolf who was wanted in connection with attempted murder, has been handed over to authorities in the Republic of Cyprus on Sunday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/farewell-for-two-more-serial-killer-victims
The funerals of Marry Rose and Maricar, two of seven victims of a convicted serial killer, took place on Thursday in Limassol and Larnaca...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-ten-years-for-molesting-preteens
A local man has been sentenced to ten years in prison after he was found guilty in sex molestation case against two minors...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coral-bay-trial-ends-with-sentence
The man who ran down Charlie Birch in Coral Bay last year has been sentenced to 2.5 years, following a protracted legal battle that had charges reduced twice in the course of the trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/shams-slams-tzionis-with-forgotten-detail
The former girlfriend of accused double murderer Loizos Tzionis says the defendant confided in her that he had been planning to rob the Strovolos couple, who were found stabbed to death in their home in April 2018...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/father-sent-to-prison-for-molesting-daughter
A father in Nicosia was sentenced to seven years behind bars after he was found guilty for sexually molesting his own daughter...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-eight-years-in-mother-s-death
A man who savagely attacked his mother last year was sentenced to eight years on Thursday, after he was convicted on manslaughter half a year after the incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/serial-killer-s-sim-card-points-to-more-women
A mobile phone SIM card that was destined for convicted serial killer Nikos Metaxas in prison could possibly hold key information that may be of interest to crime investigators...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-sim-card-found-in-orestis-pants
Prison guards discovered another SIM card in a pair of trousers destined for convicted serial killer Nikos Metaxas during a family visit...
